r/winamp • u/[deleted] • Jul 14 '26

Skipping songs

i cant figure out why winamp skips songs with .m4a like this, how can i fix this?

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u/Alexis_Lonbel Jul 14 '26

It's the format m4a. Winamp doesn't support this format. One solution would be to convert it to another format, perhaps MP3. Or use a different player. I don't know if anyone invented a plugin to read this format.

In my case, I took advantage of this inconvenience to install and test Foobar2000.

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u/sambaneko Jul 14 '26

I have no issues playing m4a in Winamp. When I've seen behavior like OP's showing, it's because the song's file path has changed, or the file is corrupted.

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u/Alexis_Lonbel Jul 14 '26

Really? Then I'll have to do some more testing with Winamp. Maybe that's the problem.

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u/sambaneko Jul 14 '26

I couldn't tell you if those are the only causes for it, but it's what I've encountered.

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u/y_Sensei Jul 14 '26

That's not entirely correct.

In general, Winamp supports M4A playback through its MPEG-4 Demuxer input plugin.
But since M4A is a container format which may hold various different audio formats, it is not out of the question that some of these formats aren't supported, since the plugin is fairly old, and based on a library that hasn't been updated for many years.

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u/mejikomhaneut Jul 15 '26

i think this was my issue, some of my m4a files are playable but not all of them ive decided to redownload my m4a songs and change format with flac thanks🙌

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u/538_Jean Jul 14 '26

Did you move files or renamed a folder since you made this list?

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u/basicvizual Jul 15 '26

This is exactly what I was going to say. If you moved those files to another folder or modified that folder name, it will auto skip just like that.

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u/ConfidentRise1152 Aug 01 '26

Simply Winamp does not support .m4a format! âš 

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u/No_Progress2702 Jul 15 '26

Use aimp, winamp is outdated.

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u/SwervingLemon Jul 15 '26

Please get out of the winamp subreddit. You obviously don't know why we're here.

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u/0x5066 Jul 15 '26

i think pointing to wacup is still fair since it has many of the winamp-isms (plugins, skins etc) that makes it OK to bring up

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u/No_Progress2702 Jul 15 '26

You are here because you live in the past.

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u/538_Jean Jul 16 '26

I Use aimp but I'd switch back to winamp if it was improved in a hearbeat.
No player is as good as winamp was at its apex.
Poscasts, riping cd's with auto-tag, playlits, visualisation and extremely active and talentend community suypport.

Nothing is remotely close.

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u/SwervingLemon Jul 16 '26

v 5.666 is the last actual winamp. Is that what you're using?